Helen Fielding on the creation of Bridget Jones’s Diary
Helen Fielding tells the story of how Bridget Jones’s Diary came to be.
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For 25 years, Bridget Jones has mirrored my own life and career. And just like in the new film, I've been ghosted by my younger lover... LIZ JONES
I have Bridget Jones, and her creator, Helen Fielding, to thank for my career. In 1999, I was asked to write a column. The subheading read: 'She is just like Bridget Jones, except she's real!'
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Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding makes rare comments about her own love life as she reveals the parallels between her heroine's loss and the grief of losing her late partner
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Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding says she wants to smash the idea women have a 'sexual sell-by date' as her heroine embarks on romance with much younger man in new instalment
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She worried about her drinking, smoking and weight – but there was never any doubt she would have a job and be able to pay her rent. It’s a very different world for gen Z
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A fourth film about Helen Fielding’s creation will be released on Valentines’s day, and this time it’s gen Z that has fallen in love with her
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